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laggingly

laggingly adverb: so as to lag or fall behind.

Adverb

laggingly (comparative more laggingly, superlative most laggingly)

  1. So as to lag or fall behind.

Forms of laggingly

comparativemore laggingly
superlativemost laggingly

Origin of laggingly

From lagging + -ly.

Questions about laggingly

What does laggingly mean?
Laggingly means so as to lag or fall behind.
What part of speech is laggingly?
Laggingly is an adverb.

Words near laggingly in the dictionary

  1. lagging jacket
  2. lagging jackets
  3. lagging off
  4. lagging strand
  5. lagging strands
  6. laggingly
  7. laggings
  8. laggs
  9. laggy
  10. laggyness
  11. Laghey

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